Bellator soon could have another high-profile free agency signing to announce.

PFL (formerly WSOF) welterweight champion Jon Fitch (30-7-1) on Saturday said he no longer is with the promotion and is a free agent. Fitch also said he’s trying to get a deal done with Bellator.

“As of (Friday), Feb. 2, I am officially a free agent,” Fitch said in a video posted Saturday to his YouTube channel. “I’m in talks with Scott Coker and Bellator right now – hopefully we’ll work something out by the end of this week.”

Fitch will turn 40 later this month. The Indiana native has been fighting since 2002 following a wrestling career at Purdue. He signed with the UFC in 2005 and quick established himself as one of the world’s top fighters at 170 pounds.

Fitch won his first eight fights in the promotion, including victories over Thiago Alves and Diego Sanchez, and got a title shot against then-champion Georges St-Pierre. But at UFC 87 in August 2008, he lost a unanimous decision.

Fitch won five straight after that, but a majority draw against B.J. Penn nearly seven years ago started a rough patch. He dropped three of four after that, including a 12-second knockout loss to Johny Hendricks at UFC 141. He left the promotion for WSOF after a decision loss to Demian Maia in 2013.

With WSOF, he was submitted by Josh Burkman, then rebounded for a pair of wins, including one at middleweight. But in a title fight against Rousimar Palhares, he was submitted in 90 seconds in December 2014.

Things have been on the upswing since then, though. Fitch has won four straight – including his first stoppage victory in 10 years when he submitted Brian Foster to defend his title at PFL 1 this past June.

Fitch said future posts on his YouTube channel will give details on what led to his departure from PFL.

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